A structured multi-stakeholder learning process for Sustainable Land Management (2012).The paper describes a three-part participatory methodology for selecting SLM options that was tested in 14 desertification-prone study sites within the EU-DESIRE project. Cross-site analysis and in-depth evaluation of the Moroccan and Portuguese sites were used to evaluate how well the proposed process facilitated stakeholder learning and selection of appropriate SLM options for local implementation.
The abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479712002125.

Integrating Local and Scientific Knowledge for Adaptation to Land Degradation: Kalahari Rangeland Management Options (2007).
This paper shows how local and scientific knowledge can be combined to identify rangeland management strategies to reduce or adapt to land degradation. The abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.777/abstract

Sustaining communities, livestock and wildlife – a guide to participatory land-use planning.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the United Republic of Tanzania, the Global Environmental Fund (GEF) and the World Bank, Rome, 2009 (115 pages). http://www.comap.ca/kmland/getdocument.php?F=1043751326_4c7267bf872742.40429872.

Biodiversity, land degradation, and climate change: Participatory planning in Romania (2009)
This paper considers the role of stakeholder participation in drawing together the three Rio Conventions, exploring how participatory activities to combat desertification in southern Romania can both support and hinder efforts to conserve biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change.http://people.unica.it/giovannisistu/files/2013/11/partecipazioneinromania1.pdf

ANNEX 1: Sections of interest taken from a document entitled Development of strategies for the conservation of species. Support document for training. April 2013, IUCN-Med, Malaga, Spain.

ANNEX 2: Sections taken from the document entitled “Participatory methods for ICZM implementation” produced By UNIVE under the PEGASO project.
ANNEX 3: Stakeholder Participation: A Synthesis of Current Literature. Report prepared by the National Marine Protected Areas Center in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center. Brianne Leigh Kessler, Primary Investigator. September 2004.
ANNEX 4: Social Science Tools for Coastal Programs: Introduction to Stakeholder Participation. Prepared by the Coastal Services Center of NOAA<

Designing a public web-based information system to illustrate and disseminate the development and results of the DESIRE Project to combat desertification
Geeson, N., Brandt, J., Quaranta, G., Salvia, R., 2014. Designing a public web-based information system to illustrate and disseminate the development and results of the DESIRE Project to combat desertification. >J .Environ. Manag. 54, 1043-1055.
The abstract http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-013-0069-x

Participatory Evaluation of Monitoring and Modeling of Sustainable Land Management Technologies in Areas Prone to Land Degradation (2013).
This paper focuses on workshops in which stakeholders evaluated the performance of SLM technologies based on the scientific monitoring and modeling results from 15 study sites. The abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23868445